A jury panel chaired by Victor Saunders recently announced the recipients of the 2021 Grit and Rock Award, a grant intended to bolster female participation… Read More »2021 Grit and Rock Award recipients announced
![Overview of Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll's solo Moonwalk Traverse (Fitz Roy massif, south to north: 5.11, 50° snow/ice, 4000m). [Image] Courtesy of Rolando Garibotti, PatagoniaVertical.com](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/odriscoll-moonwalk-traverse-fitz-roy-1-930x568.jpg)
From February 5 to 10, Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll soloed Patagonia’s Fitz Roy massif. It was only the second time the technical, 5+ kilometer ridgeline has… Read More »Interview with Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll about his solo traverse of Patagonia’s Fitz Roy massif (the Moonwalk Traverse)
![K2 (8611m) is pictured here in summer. The Abruzzi Spur—the route used by all the expeditions this winter—follows the right-hand skyline. [Photo] Svy123, Wikimedia Commons](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/k2-abruzzi-spur-wiki-photo-bw-930x620.jpg)
Since the 10-person team of Nepali climbers completed the first winter ascent of K2 (8611m) on January 16, there have been two confirmed deaths and… Read More »JP Mohr Prieto, Muhammad Ali Sadpara and John Snorri are missing, presumed dead on K2
![Cesare Maestri [Photo] Courtesy of Giulio Malfer](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alp00-09-1.jpg)
Cesare Maestri, one of the most legendary figures in climbing history, died January 19 at age 91. Many of the most famous questions surrounding his… Read More »Remembering Cesare Maestri (1929-2021)
![Ron Kauk on top of Uli Biaho, 1979. [Photo] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-2021-gala-benefit-awards-1-930x620.jpeg)
As the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic continues, the American Alpine Club’s Annual Benefit Gala and award presentation will once again be held virtually on February 20.… Read More »American Alpine Club’s 2021 Benefit Gala and Awards will be a free virtual event
![K2 (8611m) as seen in summer. The Abruzzi Spur--the route of the first ascent by Italians in 1954 and the route used for the first winter ascent on January 16, 2021, by 10 Nepali climbers--follows the right-hand skyline. [Photo] Svy123, Wikimedia Commons](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/k2-abruzzi-spur-wiki-photo-930x620.jpg)
Just yesterday, K2 (8611) was the last of the 14 8000-meter peaks on Earth that had yet to be climbed in winter. No more. At… Read More »First winter ascent of K2: 10 Nepali/Sherpa climbers summit together
![K2 (8611m) looms above base camp on the Godwin Austen Glacier. [Photo] Alex Gavan](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/k2-winter-alex-gavan-1-930x620.jpg)
There are currently four expeditions laboring for the first winter ascent of K2 (8611m), which is the last 8000-meter peak yet to be climbed in… Read More »Four expeditions are attempting the first winter ascent of K2: Alex Gavan discusses current efforts
![Newlyweds Luka Lindic and Ines Papert on their new route Wolke 7 (aka Cloud 9: 5.13b, 380m), on the Hinteres Feuerhorndl, Reiteralm, Austria. [Photo] Klaus Fengler](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wolke-7-1-930x620.jpg)
After newlyweds Luka Lindic and Ines Papert canceled their Alaska expedition this past summer because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they reconsidered what adventures they… Read More »Luka Lindic and Ines Papert find big new routes close to home in Austria
![The author wearing the Ombraz Classic sunglasses on a hike last spring. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ombraz-sunglasses-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz has been wearing the unusual “armless” Ombraz Sunglasses since last spring. Instead of the typical rigid arms that are on… Read More »Ombraz Sunglasses: “Armless” and highly functional
![Derek Franz stays relaxed wearing the Black Diamond Vision MIPS helmet while onsighting Rock Candy (5.12a), a thin slippery route on Independence Pass, Colorado. [Photo] Elizabeth Riley](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xblack-diamond-vision-mips-helmet-1-1-930x620.jpeg.pagespeed.ic.MNqe6sNgWr.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz has been wearing the Black Diamond Vision MIPS helmet on many climbs, from long multipitch routes in the Black Canyon… Read More »Black Diamond Vision MIPS Helmet: Head protection that’s as light and effective as ever
![Emily Harrington leading the Golden Desert pitch (5.13a) near the top of El Capitan. [Photo] Jon Glassberg, Louder Than 11](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/emily-harrington-golden-gate-1-930x620.jpg)
Late on November 4, Emily Harrington climbed over the lip of El Capitan (Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La) in the dark; she’d free climbed all 41 pitches of Golden… Read More »Emily Harrington becomes first woman to send El Capitan’s Golden Gate in a day
![Priti and Jeff Wright atop K6 Central (7100m). [Photo] Priti and Jeff Wright collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/k6-central-first-ascent-1-930x620.jpg)
Early last month, a Jeff and Priti Wright, a husband-wife team from Seattle, Washington, completed the third ascent of K6 West (7040m) and the first… Read More »Priti and Jeff Wright complete the first ascent of K6 Central (7100m)
